Word: macedonia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Bulgaria is a hath not nation. No other suffered such cruel losses of territory after defeat in the World War. Her currency is still debased, her people impoverished. She is disarmed, and yet her public peace is menaced by the organized brigands of Macedonia. Therefore when 30 earthquake shocks smote Bulgaria, last week, the phenomena seemed like the act of a malignant and relentless...
...this country. In 52 countries served by the Y. M. C. A., more than 7,000 officers are employed; in the U. S. alone more than 5,000. Coincident with this report was the arrival in the U. S. of Gennadios, Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Thessalonica and Archbishop of Macedonia, for an inspection of Y. M. C. A. activities here...
...Hadjikyriakos all enlisted under the banner of Plastiras and Gonatas. While the unhappy George II "reigned though he could not rule," a degenerate struggle for supremacy was waged between Plastiras at Athens and his purely nominal adherent, Pangalos, who had succeeded in demanding and obtaining the military governorship of Macedonia and Thrace. Bribes and the subtle poisons for which the modern Greeks are notorious were resorted to with abandon. By 1923, Pangalos had gathered sufficient power to become chiefly instrumental in forcing King George II into exile (TIME, Dec. 31, 1923) despite the Influence of "Dictator" Plastiras, who wished...
Long ago, in the days of Philip of Macedon, when whole armies hurled themselves against the dread Macedonian phalanx, Macedonia was a great and independent country. Today, Macedonia is merely a geographical expression; its territories are divided principally between Yugoslavia and Greece...
...walked Premier Papanastasiou (TIME, July 28) and in trotted Premier Sofoulis, ex-Governor of Macedonia, followed by five staunch supporters...